July 4, 2026
Category : News
Let villages take control of road safety, urges dale’s MP
SAFETY FIRST: MP Sam Rushworth with Staindrop parish councillors Ed Chicken, Jonothan Raper and Dilys Caygill on the busy A688
Harmless sport… or an attempt to deceive law?
Two decades on from the ban on fox hunting, the sight of horses and hounds in the countryside continues to stir emotions. Sam Alexander joined the Zetland and Bedale hunts…
Snakes alive – it’s Leon’s exotic animals
A DALE teenager is carving out a niche as an exotic animal showman. Leon Horrocks, from Woodland, started showing strange and unusual reptiles, amphibians and insects, at the age of…
Ryan and Gunner are top dogs at Crufts
A DOG lover from Middleton-in-Teesdale is celebrating after winning a title on his debut appearance at the world’s greatest dog show, Crufts. When ten-year-old Ryan Raine stepped into the arena…
Probe after firearm discharged in Staindrop
AN investigation is underway after a firearm was discharged outside a property in Staindrop. At about 9.20pm on Friday, March 29, a vehicle pulled up outside an address in Grice Court…
